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armorial bearings — /armoriyal beritjz/ In English law, a device depicted on the (now imaginary) shield of one of the nobility, of which gentry is the lowest degree. The criterion of nobility is the bearing of arms, or armorial bearings, received from ancestry … Black's law dictionary

armorial bearings — /armoriyal beritjz/ In English law, a device depicted on the (now imaginary) shield of one of the nobility, of which gentry is the lowest degree. The criterion of nobility is the bearing of arms, or armorial bearings, received from ancestry … Black's law dictionary

Armorial — Ar*mo ri*al, a. [F. armorial, fr. armoiries arms, coats of arms, for armoieries, fr. OF. armoier to paint arms, coats of arms, fr. armes, fr. L. arma. See {Arms}, {Armory}.] Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

armorial ensign — ▪ heraldry heraldic symbol carried on a flag or shield. The term is much misunderstood because of the popular use of ensign as a generic term for flag. A grant of arms or a matriculation (registration of armorial bearings) may in its text… … Universalium

Armorial of Plantagenet — This is a list of the coats of arms known or believed to be borne by Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and his descendants in the male line. Contents 1 Family chief 2 Heirs 3 cadets 3.1 House of Lancaster … Wikipedia